PostgreSQL Group Forming

We are a group of PostgreSQL enthusiasts interested in fostering a PostgreSQL community in Atlanta, so that we can share our knowledge about PostgreSQL and related projects, and create a network for those seeking PostgreSQL-related employment.

New Alpharetta Rails Meetup

Looks like more of a coding support or study group, there's a new Alpharetta Rails Meetup forming. Please check them out. There's been some pushback on Ruby lately, some claiming that the number of new gems being committed is dwindeling, but a lot of people still like it and use it on a daily basis.

ALE and ALE-NW Update

In today's mailbag from JD:

Hope you don't mind this email ... you asked for feedback, but I didn't see anyway to contact you through the website.

ALE-NW only meets with SPSU students are there. That's August - May.It is planned.It is announced on the ALE email listsrv.

3 yrs ago, we held meetings in the summer and turnout was too low to maintainit. We are flexible. ;)

The ALE.org content is NOT well maintained. The only way to know what is reallyhappening is to sign up for the email lists http://ale.org/?page_id=5. The mailemail list has 20-50 messages a day. It is fairly active about Linux-relatedtechnology.

However - you are not wrong with the premise that Linux is becoming a standardthing. Other groups that historically would be part of the LUG have spawnedtheir own meetings - OpenStack, Asterisk, Python, Ruby, Perl, Drupal, OWASP, andthose are just off the top of my head.

I completely understand why UNIX groups concentrate on HA and extremely largescale - the lower-end has been taken over by Linux solutions. It is amazing whata $5K Linux box can accomplish these days.

Atlanta 3D Group

There's a new meetup forming for all things around 3D printing. See the Atlanta 3D Group page at meetup. It's just forming, but there seems to be a lot of buzz around 3D printing in town. Not strictly open source, but a lot of 3D printing seems to use open source tools.

Google Developer Group

Google's isn't strictly open-source, but they contribute a lot to the open source community. Freeside Atlanta has a new subgroup for Google Developers that cover topics like polymer.js, html5, etc. Check them out.

Geekspace Gwinnett Moves In

The region's latest makerspace, Geekspace Gwinnett now has a home and is building out. I went to one of their regular Tuesday Open House events last night. They're in the building out phase. So far they have Wifi and workbenches with a couple of older osciliscopes. In the back shop area are a couple of drill presses, an old Craftsman table saw in need of a tune-up, a small metal lathe, cutoff saw and scrollsaw. A milling machine is in the works as soon as moving equipment can be arranged. All in all, about a dozen people showed up and the space has great promise. So come out to one of their events and learn more.

Dart Meetup Forming

There's a new Northeast Georgia Dart meetup group forming. If you're not familiar with it, Dart is an open-source web programming language that compiles to JavaScript and is supported by Google. If you're interested in web programming, check them out.

Site Update

I updated the site from Joomla 2.5.x to Joomla 3.2.x. In the process I put a new, responsive template. I hope it serves the community well. Any comments and feedback are welcome.

Cloud Computing Meetup

Though not strictly open source, cloud computing has a number of open components: open APIs, underlying OS, etc. There's a Cloud Computing Atlanta meetup that has programs like Docker, an open-source Paas platform. If you're interested in Cloud, come out and learn.